PS 129 Performs at Opera Fest

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Above: John H Finley participating in the ribbon cutting with city councilman, Bill Perkins and the City Gardens Club of NYC at Morningside Pond to celebrate the 100th Centennial of the establishment of the club. These students read a poem to the entire audience!

Over 150 students from as many as 50 schools are expected to recite their poems at this year’s festival. The festival is “something the children always look forward to,” said Norma Dunkley, a former teacher at P.S. 368 in Brooklyn, who had been attending the festival for over 10 years. “It’s a blessing, something that is real to them, and it’s an entire year of poetry for the children, leading up to this celebration. The teachers and the administrators love it, too.”

"The City College Poetry Festival is the democratic voice of poetry in New York City public schools,” said Pamela Laskin, a lecturer in the City College English department and director of the CCNY Poetry Outreach Center, which produces the festival. “Its assumption is there are many poets, and they all have terrific stories to tell. This would make Walt Whitman proud."

John H Finley would like to thank founder and commissioner Dani Rylan for her generosity. The entire school will be headed to the Prudential Center October 28th for a 1:30 PM games versus the Boston Pride!